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Wikipedia: The blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a very small songbird native to North America.
The blue-gray gnatcatcher's breeding habitat includes open deciduous woods and shrublands in southern Ontario, the eastern and southwestern United States, and Mexico. Though gnatcatcher species are common and increasing in number while expanding to the northeast, it is the only one to breed in Eastern North America. They migrate to the southern United States, Mexico, northern Central America (Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras), Cuba, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands.
Conservation status: Least Concern
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-gray_gnatcatcher
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We found several of these very curious, friendly birds up jeep trails many miles from anyplace where they would regularly come into contact with people. On several occasions, they literally flew from trees where they were perched directly toward us, stopping and landing just feet away or hovering over our heads. This one was one of two who spent almost two hours posing for us!
If you’re convinced you’ll never be able to learn bird calls, start with the Gray Catbird. Once you’ve heard its catty mew you won’t forget it. Follow the sound into thickets and vine tangles and you’ll be rewarded by a somber gray bird with a black cap and bright rusty feathers under the tail. Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song.
Very cold day. Everything is frozen and there are no fish. I was hiding in the reeds and managed to take a picture of this beautiful bird.
... is drawn to the prairie coneflower. A few trips to the arboretum last month left me with hundreds of photos to process but headaches and eyestrain make it slow going. Cataract surgery is scheduled later this month. Thanks to all who expressed concern. My Flickr friends are the best. Thanks!
Much different from the ventral view on my first post.
Elk Island National Park. Strathcona County, Alberta.
I haven't seen a Great Gray Owl since January 2014. I was very happy to find this cooperative individual.
Great Gray Owl, Ada County, Idaho
"The Great Gray Owl is a dapper owl dressed in a gray suit with a bow tie across its neck and a surprised look on its face. In the stillness of a cold mountain meadow the elusive giant quietly floats on broad wings across meadows and openings in evergreen forests. They are mostly owls of the boreal forest with small populations in western mountains, but in some years they move farther south in search of food, giving some a unique opportunity to see this majestic owl."
Watching Great Gray Owls in the waning minutes of daylight can be very fun in my experience because they sometimes become hyperactive and seemingly less inhibited, and thus are especially exciting then.
Another alpine bird, the Gray Jay is also widespread in Canada’s forests, but its year-round range spreads into the mountains of Colorado. This jay is curious and intelligent and often hangs around mountain campgrounds looking for treats and handouts. Where there is one, there is often a small family flock. Dense pine forests are the preferred habitat for the gray jay, which is also the unofficial national bird of Canada.